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11.3.06 @ 12:01AM

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Re: The Washington Prowler's Let Me Entertain You:

We had a phrase we used to use about my mother-in-law: "Often wrong, but never uncertain." This would apply to John Kerry me thinks.
-- Susan Gluck
Weston, West Virginia

The Prowler's update on Jon Carry's (U.S. military spelling) elitist utterance did little to convince this loyal reader that Carry's mouth was simply outran by his nimble and nuanced mind. He said it. He's said it before. He meant it. Period.

The whole situation calls to mind the motivation of those suburban fools who stick those obnoxious "Support our troops… Bring them home now" signs in their lawns. If I were on speaking terms with such people and I could be sure of an honest answer, I'd love to ask them the following question:

"If there were no anti-Bush political statement to be made by displaying that sign on your lawn, how much time do you actually spend thinking about the welfare or safety of "Our Troops?" Honest answer? Very little.
-- Deane Fish
Altamont, New York

The befuddlement of the Democratic Party is illustrated in the final paragraph of this article which so aptly defines their "circular firing squad" stance in the Final Days.

That they believe a little standup comedy delivered by a guy who looks like he just lost the bolt in his neck is going to "energize" young people is just astonishing. Who gets paid a salary to dream up this kind of strategy? Do they have no memory of the quote from a guy at the Bruce Springsteen concert in 2004 to energize the crowd for Dean? "I'm just here for the music." If the Boss couldn't deliver, why do they think Kerry, who has a mind like a flat-iron is going to fire anyone's ambition to vote.

Have none of them read that since the 18-year-old vote came into being in 1972, registration and participation in that age group has steadily declined. In the intervening 30+ years they have so many new distracting toys, so much more idle time, voting is the furthest thing from their tiny minds. They are wandering the malls, instant messaging their friends 15 ft. ahead, forgetting their math assignment, missing curfew. You can't get them to clean their rooms, how are you going to get them to vote? When you think about it, how many 18-year-olds do you know who can even name our vice president today? And the Dems rely on that as their base? We'll see.
-- Diane Smith
South San Francisco, California

Kerry hasn't apologized yet! His speechwriter has. Kerry was man to misspeak, and man enough to say that he wouldn't apologize and now he isn't man enough to admit he "misspoke"; instead, he said it was misinterpreted by the right.

Freudian slips show the hearts: Kerry isn't man enough to apologize. Is he man enough to defend this country? I doubt it.
-- Stu Margrey
Denton, Maryland

Kerry's gaffe may be as much a product of where he lives as liberal loathing of the military. Today's well-educated and professional military is a heavily Southern institution. In the enlisted ranks 42% of the personnel are from the South while 39% of the Officer Corps' are Southern. Kerry comes from a region that produces the fewest volunteers -- the Northeast (14% in both categories). Considering this fact it's possible he just doesn't know anyone who is serving or has family serving in the military.

Thus, to a snob from New England or a MoveOn.org type our troops are just dumb rednecks or poor colored folks. Primarily useful as stage props or campaign gimmicks, but definitely not someone deserving respect. That's why when I hear someone like Kerry telling me how much they support the troops I tell them, "I don't want or need your support."

By the way, Kerry's apology was just another slur at those in uniform who were so stupid they were offended by their better's insult.
-- Michael Tomlinson
Crownsville, Maryland

According to The Prowler, John Frankenstein Kerry (Imbecile - Massachusetts) has claimed he "mangled" his joke this past week in California, setting off a well-deserved flap. It seems to me that Mr. Kerry (no, I will not use the title of Senator for him because 1. He is not my senator and 2. He is undeserving of that title) needs to stop attempting to tell jokes. If I remember correctly, he tried something similar recently regarding shooting someone at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. As Don Rickles would have said, "Keep your day job, dummy, and leave comedy to the pros."

Furthermore, I've just visited Lurch's Website to view his apology. In it I read the following: "I sincerely regret that my words were misinterpreted to wrongly imply anything negative about those in uniform..." First of all, there was NO misinterpretation of his words -- what was said was said, it's there in black and white (and audio). Secondly, in other words, he is apologizing to us because we are too stupid to understand the gentle nuance of his "joke." The great liberal egoist simply can't understand why we can't understand, so we must be a lot dumber than he and his fellow travelers are. Thank you, John, I really needed that. Excuse me, what kind of grades did you achieve at Yale? And who got paid off to admit you into Boston College Law School and then allow you to somehow graduate?

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